Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Several rushed to buy alcohol in India as lockdown eases, causing chaos

Several rushed to buy alcohol in India as lockdown eases, causing chaos

Thirty Indians were beaten by the police and it used batons as Indians tried to purchase alcohol for the first time in 40 days after government lifts heavy lockdown restrictions. Asit Banarjee, 55, told the international news agency, “We have been in solitude for over a month,” He queued in Kolkata where police used batons. … Read more